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Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Ismon M. moons, on KANSAS CITY,-AND WILLIAM cater/inn, on s1 ours,vrrssoum,

ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSI GNM-ENTS, TO TRUCK, TBACTOR AND MANUFACTURING-COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

SUPPORT FOR ENGINES IN v MOT OILVEHICIJES.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patentedoeezs 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Isrnon M. JAooBs and WILLIAM ORAMER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson andState of Missouri, and St. Louis, State of Missouri, respectively, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Supports for Engines inMotor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, while it may be of general utility, is especiallydesigned in aid of the salvaged constructions contemplated by theapplication for patent Serial Number 163,652, filed by one of the jointlnventors herein named, and has for its object the ready utilization ofsalvaged motor vehicle parts, and provides specific means under thegeneric invention described 1n the above named application for patentfor attachment of an engine of a motor vehicle to a chassis for thepurposes set forth at length in the said application.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing an engine supported by thebrackets of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the brackets; I

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3- in Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows, and

Figure 4 is a top view.

The chassis 1 may be of any ordinary or desired construction, and inpursuance of the invention described in the above-namedapplication islikely to be of standard form and of a size wider than any engine likelyto be salvaged or used second-hand or bought new for the particularpurpose of use in constructing a cheap motor truck, tractor, or tractortruck. The bracket 2 that forms the particular subject-matter of thisinvention has a vertical part 3 and two Webs 4 which strongly unite thepair of jaws 5 and 6, which jaws are adapted tightly to grip the flanges7 and 8 of the channel irons forming the sides of chassis 1.

Bolt 9 passes through the chassis 1 and is connected to the part 1 tohold the bracket 2 from disengagement with the flanges 8 and 7. Itwillbeobserved, however, that the double jaw construction is of such a naturethat direct downward pull upon the bracket 2, as for instance by aweight bearing upon the arm 10 of bracket 2, will not disengage jaw 6from flange 8 but merely causes the same to bear harder thereon, whileat the same time jaw 5 is forced into closer engagement with flange 7.

The upper surface of arm 10 is dished as at 11 (see Fig. 2) to receiveany suitable connecting means from the engine 12, such, for instance, aschannel iron 13 that is rigidly attached to the engine 12. The weight ofthe engine 12 is such that it will cause the channel irons. 13 to beardown upon the arms 10 of brackets 2 and thereby force the lower jaw 5 ofboth brackets 2 into lever-like engagement with the flanges 7, it beingimpossible, however, for jaw 6 to move to such an extent as to becomedisengaged from flange 8. Bolts ltattach the channel member 13 to thearms 10.

It is to be understood that the channel member 13 is duplicated on theother end of the engine opposite to that shown in Fig. 1, and so locatedas to receive and support the ends of said duplicate channel member 13is another pair of brackets 2 in the same relation as those shown inFig. 1.

The engine support can be regarded as either the brackets upon theopposite sides of the chassis or as consisting of said brackets and thechannel members that extend between each pair of brackets or the sameplus such connection between the members as is in part aflorded by theengine itself.

Having thus described this invention, we hereby reserve the benefit ofall changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as itis-evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of this invention, or the scope of the following claims:

1. A load sustaining bracket comprising an upper jaw and a lower jawboth of which open in the same direction, a compression memberconnecting said jaws and positioned at the outer end portions of saidjaws, an arm extending inwardly from the upper jaw, and a web extendingbetween the said arm and compression member.

2. A bracket adapted to coiiperate with a channel member and formed Witha pair of jaws adapted to embrace the flanges of the said channelmember, the said bracket bearing against said channel member between theflanges, said bracket having an arm extending at substantially a rightangle to the remainder of the bracket, and said arm being dished on itsupper surface.

3. A Weight-supporting bracket having a 10 vertical part and asubstantially horizontal part, the said vertical part being adapted tobear against the Web of a channel member and having a pair of jawsadapted to embrace the flanges of the said channel member, the saidhorizontal part having a Weight-supporting dish in its upper surface.

In testimony whereof We hereunto afiix our signatures.

ISIDOR M. JACOBS. WILLIAM CRAMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

